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The Firebird. Poem by Maria Skagan.
María Jónsdóttir Skagan was born on January 27, 1926 at Bergþórshvoll in Vestur-Landeyjar, Rangárvallasýsla. She grew up there until she was 18 years old. Her parents were the Rev. Jón Jónsson Skagan, pastor at Bergþórshvoll, born at Þangskáli in Skagi on August 3, 1897, d. March 4, 1989, and Sigríður Jenný Gunnarsdóttir Skagan from Selnes in Skagi, born at Sævarland in Laxárdalur on January 21, 1900, d. February 19, 1991.
María studied at the Laugarvatn District School for one winter and then went to the Icelandic Commercial School. At a young age, she suffered a serious spinal injury that prevented her from further education. She did, however, work for years in the office of the State Treasury. In 1960, her spinal injury prevented her from continuing her work and she disappeared from the labor market.
Poetry was Maria's passion, and she did not let physical ill health prevent her from pursuing it. She translated and wrote columns for the Sunday edition of Tíman, where she worked as a journalist. Maria had a particularly good command of her native language and wrote throughout her life. She also wrote short stories and published a novel during her writing career. Her stories and poems were read on the radio, and several song lyrics have been written by her. Maria was confined to crutches and eventually bedridden for a dozen years. According to her companions, she took it with equanimity, as she had poetry as her main source of inspiration. (www.skald.is)
María Jónsdóttir Skagan was born on January 27, 1926 at Bergþórshvoll in Vestur-Landeyjar, Rangárvallasýsla. She grew up there until she was 18 years old. Her parents were the Rev. Jón Jónsson Skagan, pastor at Bergþórshvoll, born at Þangskáli in Skagi on August 3, 1897, d. March 4, 1989, and Sigríður Jenný Gunnarsdóttir Skagan from Selnes in Skagi, born at Sævarland in Laxárdalur on January 21, 1900, d. February 19, 1991.
María studied at the Laugarvatn District School for one winter and then went to the Icelandic Commercial School. At a young age, she suffered a serious spinal injury that prevented her from further education. She did, however, work for years in the office of the State Treasury. In 1960, her spinal injury prevented her from continuing her work and she disappeared from the labor market.
Poetry was Maria's passion, and she did not let physical ill health prevent her from pursuing it. She translated and wrote columns for the Sunday edition of Tíman, where she worked as a journalist. Maria had a particularly good command of her native language and wrote throughout her life. She also wrote short stories and published a novel during her writing career. Her stories and poems were read on the radio, and several song lyrics have been written by her. Maria was confined to crutches and eventually bedridden for a dozen years. According to her companions, she took it with equanimity, as she had poetry as her main source of inspiration. (www.skald.is)